Machine-gun



L. J. PATRICK.

MACHINE u u-. APPLICATION FILED AUG-23.1917.

1,347,753. Patented July 27, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET Inventor 1 Lido J. Patrick M A ttor'ney L J. PATRICK.

MACHINE GUN.

AFPLICATION FILED AUG-23.1911- I,34:7,753. Patented July 27, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- Fl 6. F69.3. '3 42 I l 12 m l 1 A86 H1 l 6 he ,46 isa? Inventor Attorn eg .reference;ih iiemlfllllfi ifilmAl pa t o TEDSTAT-ES LIDO J. PATRIGKfOF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

MACHINE-dun.

To allwhomz'tmay concern: I

Be it known thatI', LIno J; PATRICK, a citizen of the-UnitedStateapresidingat San Die o, =i.n the county .of San'Diego and State ofaliliornia, havednvented certain new and useful Improvements inMachine-Guns, of which the following isa specification.

My invention. relates to machine guns, more particularly a severalbatterymachine gun in whichaseries ofbarrels are arranged in a.horizontal row and inwhich avlarge number of cartridges may befiredsimultaneously, andthe objects of my invention are: first toprovide such a gunuin which thecartridges are'loaded automatically froma cartridge magazine. which may be replaced with other -magazineswof thesame kind; second, tohprovideia'machine gun of this class in which thefiring breechconsists of a cylinder with founi'cartridge receptaclesspaced apart in :the periphery thereof, the one for receiving thecartridge, one for. firing, one for emptying, and. the other forpositioning the cylindrical firing breech; tllll'dyito provide a machineun of this class in whichthe sameislcapab of a large radial movement 1both vertical and horizontal. thus permitting the gun to be positionedfor various rangesesdesiredj; fourth, to provide aagun of thisclasswhich light and capable of beingihandled and moved about easily byoneima'n; fiifth, to provide a machine. guniof thisclass which may bereadily placedfin condition so that itis i1 operativeifby the enemies; sxth, .to. provide a gun, of thiseelassuwhi h i simplea 'd.

economical. of: construction, dura e, ea y to operate; will not readilydeteriorate or gB UhQfilHl QT-P" H1. in

With hese and other. Objects inviewi as will appear hereinafter,. !myinvention co'n sists of certain, novel features of construction,G0mbil'lflt1QIh,j and arrangement of parts as wiltbe h reinafte de cried n detai ia d articularly 'Lset tenth hm the; app d claims ireferencebein ihad .tofthe accom-.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

of my machine gun.:

frame relatively to the tripod. is supported onthe frame by meansof theH 11009514?L mo n d aths h i nt s pports 5 andt ne ritheimiddle of th fame m ed. o.the en heses pp0rt ie d 6 a theen imemb i' nd 8 hi are prthis,

Patented July 27,1920.

Application flle d August23, 1917. Serial No. 187,910.

. 3 is a top view ofa fragmentary portion of the un with'the magazineremoved and showing the cartridge receptacles in position for receivingthe cartridges ready to be fired; Fig. 4 is a sectional view through 4-4of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a rear elevational view of the gun showing thetripod legs fragmentarily and showing a portion of the tripod in sectionto facilitate the illustration; Fig. 6 is a top view of one of thecartridge receptacles on an enlarged scale; Fig. 7 is a rear. endelevational view thereof; Fig. 8 is a front end elevational viewthereof; Fig.9 is a detailed top view of the operating handle shownremoved from the gun Fig. 10. is a side elevational view of one of thebarrels'removed from the gun; and Fig. 11 is a fragmentary rear view ofthe breech revolving device showing by-dotted lines the position whenthe quarter revolution is completed.-

Si "lar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveralviews of the drawings.

The tripod l, bracket 2, bracket 3, supportingkey 4, horizontal bar 5,horizontal bar 6, side member 7, side member 8, firing'bar 9, firingmember 10, breech revolving member 11, breech cylinder 12, breechcylinder control l3, handle 14, magazine 15, barrels 16, andfshield 17constitute the principal parts The tripod 1 consists of a cylindricalmember to which are pivotally connected. three leg members .1 by meansof lugs lh. Pivotally mounted centrally on the :topof this;.cylindrical:member 1 is a bifurcated bracket .2:by means of a pin 2* and in saidbracket is pivotally mounted a bracket ,means of a. pin ,3... Thisbracket 3 is pro- .vided-inits upper s rface with a slot 3 for theinsertionof the en a therein. This key 14 being stidably mounted in theslot 3' permits slight shifting movement of the ,gun

This key ",4

conforming jto; themagazine 15 which {its therein. The-side member 7 .isprovided j with an extended handle member 7" adapted to facilitate thesupport and positioning of the gun and is held by the operator inhisleft hand. This side member 7 is also provided with an upwardlyextending portion 7" adapted for a support for the spring 11 whichspring is for the purpose of holding the breech revolving member 11 in anoncngaging position normally and assists in throwing said member 11back into position after the breech cylinders have been revolved totheir firing position. These side members 7 and 8 are provided withforwardly extending members 7 and 8 to which is secured a horizontal bar8" which is adapted to assist in supporting the barrels 16 in theirproper position. Each barrel 16 is supported in a barrel support 16which is provided with a downwardly extending lug 16 as shown best inFig. 10 of the drawings. The rear extended end of the barrel fits snuglyin a hole in the bar 6 and the lug 16 is secured against said bar 6,thus securing the barrel in position relatively to the bar 6. Mountedbetween the bar 6 and the bar 5" are the revoluble breech cylinders 12by means of pins 12' in their opposite ends, which extend into holes inthe bars 6 and 5. These revoluble breech cylinders are each providedwith four equally spaced recesses 12 in their outer surfaces, adaptedfor the cartridge to fit therein and these cylinders are positioned sothat the cartridge on the one side is in alinement with the barrel, sothat the cartridge in firing is on one side while in the recess on theopposite side there is provided a roller 13 revolubly mounted on aspring 3 which issecured to a support 13" which is secured to thehorizontal bar 6. This roller 13 engages the cartridge recess on oneside,'positioning the cartridge in the recess on the'opposit-e side inalinement with the barrel in firing position,and the recess in the upperside receives the cartridge from the magazine and the dischargedcartridge drops out of the cartridge recess on thelowerside so that witheach quarter revoluiiion of the breech cylinder, one of the recessesreceives the cartridge, in another the cartridge is fired, anotherdischarges the cartridge and the other receives the roller 13* forpositionin said cylinder. Mounted in the horizontal 12 upon which issecured the cartridge support 12 whichfits closely over the outersurface of the cylinder 12 and against the outer side of the cartridgewhen ring and "holds the cartridge in position inthe recess in itsrevolution rom the top side to where it is discharged. The back end ofthis cylinder is provided with four angular notches 12" which areengaged by the 111 s11 on the member ll shown' best in ig. 3, so thatwhen the member 11 is shifted endwise,

ars 6 and 5 are the bars 1 the cylinder is revolved one-fourth revolwtion, and when released, the spring 1: thrusts the bar 11 back. I i i jMounted against the side 8 is a curved guide member 8 upon which one endof the bar 11 rests and there' is provided a spring 11 secured to thebar 5, tending to hold the bar 11 up in the position shown best by solidlines in Fig. 11 of the drawings but when said'me mber 11 is movedendwise and downwardly by hand-pressure on the handle member 14 whichhandle member is secured to the bar 11 which bar is secured to the bar11 as shown best inFig. 5, the one, end of said bar 11 is guided by thecurved guide member 8 and its other end'is depressed by its engagementwith the spring 11 and the spring 11 is depressed and the bar assumesthe position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 11 so that the lug 11 engagesthe cylinder 12 in its movement.

Secured to the bar 5 and extending over the member 11 are guides 11 forthe bar 11. Mounted between the side members 7 and '8 is a shaft 10*upon which is pivotally mounted the firing member 10 which is providedwith a torsion spring 10 tending to hold the member 10 against thefiring bar 9 at all times. i This firing member 10 is provided with aforwardly extending "angular portion 10 which is enga ed by a lug 11mounted on a bar 11" sot at when said bar ll xis shifted endwisee and.downwardly for re- "mnts, thelowersideofwhich. are hopper shaped fordirecting the 'cartridge in the proper'positiori into the upper recessin the breech li'nder and each compartment is provided with aspringactuated plun'gerlfi,

adapted to restagain'st the cartridges to facilitate theirmoveinent intoposition in the'lower and of the oompartmenh' -This magazine is alsoprovided with aplate '15 which is adapted to hold thecartridges-inposition when the magazine isnotpositionefd on the gun but which isremoved when the ma azine is positioned p'roperly'on the god to permitthe 'c'artrilges to cess "in the breech cylinder. The; operating drop"into the re is adapted to be insertedin a hole in -the bar 11 antldropllown between'the lug'11- and 1 the 1 bar 11 so that said" operatinihandle ,14

sccuredzto the gun i rarne :by means of the when it is liable tofallinto hooks 15 at each end. Mounted on the front portion of the frameand adaptedto rest against the magazine is a shield or guard 17 which isprovided with a hole 17" for the operator to look through for findingthe range, and on the side of the gun, next to the handle 7", are sights16 and 7 for sighting purposes.

Though I have shown and described a particular construction. combinationand arrangements of parts, I do not wish to be limited to thisparticular construction, combination, and arrangement but desire to include in the purview of my invention the construction, combination andarrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

It is obvious that with this construction there is provided a machinegun in which there are several barrels arranged in a row and in which aplurality of cartridges may be fired simultaneously. That the bar it ismoved endwise and downwardly on a curve by moving the handle 14 endwiseand downwardly. That the key 4 and the handle 14 may be removed andtaken along or destroyed thus making the gun practically useless for theenemy. That by reason of the pivotal movements of the brackets 2 and 8and the pivotal movement of the bracket 2 in the cylindrical member 1,the gun may be moved to various positions. That the gun as a whole isvery simple and economical of construction, capable of rapidly firing alarge number of shots at a time and ra id repeating.

laving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desired tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. A machine gun including, a series of barrels arranged in a horizontalrow, a cartridge retainer revolubly mounted contiguous to the breech endoi each of said barrels, a. manually operated endwise and downwardlyshiftable bar provided with a plurality of extending lugs for engagingsaid retainers in its movement for revolving said retainerssimultaneously a one-quarter revolution and a magazine mounted over saidcartridge retainer adapted to deliver cartridges to each of saidretainers with each one-quarter revolution.

2. A machine gun including, a series of barrels arranged in a horizontalrow, a cartridge retainer revolubly mounted contiguous to the breech endof each of said barrels, a manuall operated endwise and downwardlyshiftalile bar provided with a plurality of extending lugs for engagingsaid retainers in its movement for revolving said retainerssimultaneously a one-quarter revolution and a magazine mounted over saidcartridge retainer adapted to deliver cartridges to each of saidretainers with ea ch one-quarter revolution, means for stopping saidcartridge retainer at a certain pre-de termined point in its revolutionso that a cartridge in saidretainer stops in alinement with one of saidbarrels with each one-quarter revolution.

3. A machine gun including, a series of barrels arranged in a horizontalrow, a cartridge retainer revolubly mounted contiguous to the breech endof each of said barrels, a manually operated endwise and downwardlyshiftable bar provided with a plurality of extending lugs for engagingsaid retainers in its movement for revolving said retainerssimultaneously a one-quarter revolution, a magazine mounted over saidcartridge retainer adapted to deliver cartridges to each of saidretainers with each one-quarter revolution, means for stopping saidcartridge retainer at a certain pro-determined point in its revolutionso that a cartridge in said retainer stops in alineinent with one ofsaid barrels with each one-quarter revolution and means resting againstthe side of said cartridge retainer adapted to engage the outer surfaceof said cartridge for supporting it when it is discharged.

1. A machine gun including, a series of barrels arranged in a horizontalrow, a cartridge retainer revolubly mounted contiguous to the breech endof each of said barrels, a manually operated endwise and downwardlyshiftable bar provided with a plurality of extending lugs for engagingsaid retainers in its movement for revolving said retainerssimultaneouly a one-quarter revolution, a magazine mounted over saidcartridge retainer adapted to deliver cartridges to each of saidretainers with each one-quarter revolution. means for stopping saidcartridge retainer at a certain pre-determineiil point in its revolutionso that the cartridge in said retainer stops in alinement with one ofsaid barrels with each onequarter revolution, means resting against theside of said cartridge retainer adapted to engage the outer surface ofsaid cartridge for supporting it when it is discharged and a shieldmounted in front of said magazine provided with a hole therein forsighting throu h.

5. n a machine gun, the combination of a series of barrels arranged in ahorizontal row, a cartridge retainer revolubly mounted contiguous to thebreech end of each of said barrels provided with a plurality of notchesin its outer surface con forming to and adapted to receive a cartridge,means for engaging and revolving said cartridge retainerssimultaneously, means for stopping said cartridge retainer at a certainpredeterm ned point in its revolution so that a cartrldge in saidretainer stops in alinement with one of said barrels with each quarterrevolution and a magazine mounted over said cartridge retainer with aseparate compartment for each retainer adapted to conduct a cartridge toeach notch in said retainer in its revolution, and a shield mounted infront of said magazine provided with a hole therein for sightingthrough, and a firing bar in operative connection with the means forrevolving said cartridge retainer for firing one of the cartridges ineach of said retainers after a part revolution and alinement of theeartridge with the barrel.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at San Diego,California, this 18th day of August, 1917.

LIDO J. PATRICK.

